The first Rep Week of this year was a big success, as lots more students now know who their reps are and what their reps are for. Thank you to everyone who came past our stall and gave as your suggestions on how to improve your course or department. But remember, it's not just during Rep Week when you can give your suggestions and feedback- your reps are there all year long to ensure your voices are heard. To find out who your rep is check out our Rep A-Z or log into to the Union website and your reps will appear in the sidebar. 

The suggestions winning themselves Union shop vouchers are:

"The department should provide more electives at UG level to compliment the current syllabus e.g. undergraduate research projects and more seminars on applications by our own department professors. Site visits to companies are also useful for our academic learning."- Materials

"Hardware lectures could be more interesting by mentioning some real world problems and applications instead of just going through the slides. Math method - we need more real world examples as well. BG - how does SD programs work? Vectors, LSEstoms etc"- Computing

The SACAs are back- nominate all deserving members of staff now!

"Lecturers should be more focused on teaching rather than just research, so specific lecturers for teaching. Coursework deadlines close together a lot at the end of term"- Life Sciences

"The UG office needs to be better organised - getting work back, uploading tutorials and lecture notes and better at telling us when timetables change with enough notice"- Life Sciences

Another big part of Rep Week was the launching of the Student Academic Choice Awards 2014 (SACAs). Nominations are now open, so nominate all deserving members of staff so that their hard work can be rewarded, and they truly feel appreciated. To nominate go here:  www.imperialcollegeunion.org/sacas/

Next term's Rep Week will run from February 17- February 21, and will feature ICU's very first Rep Conference so look out for that!

Have a great Christmas break- see you in the new year!

DPE love,

Nat x